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A Multifaceted Evaluation of a COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program in King County, Washington
Conclusions: In the 12-month evaluation period, CI/CT reached 42 611 households and identified thousands of exposure venues. The timing of CI/CT relative to infectiousness and difficulty eliciting nonhousehold contacts may have attenuated the intervention's effect. Through promotion of I&Q guidance and services, CI/CT can help mitigate pandemic-related hardships. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - May 31, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Testing for Hispanic/Latino Populations: An Analysis of State-Published Demographic Data
In this study, we sought to examine race- and ethnicity-based differences in SARS-CoV-2 testing. We used publicly available US state dashboards to extract demographic data for COVID-19 cases and tests. Poisson regression models were used to model the effect of race and ethnicity on the number of SARS-CoV-2 tests performed per case. In total, just 8 states reported testing data by race and ethnicity. In regression models, race and ethnicity was a significant predictor of testing rate per case. In all states, Hispanic/Latino patients had a significantly lower testing rate than their non-Hispanic/Latino counterparts, with an ...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - May 31, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Integrating Health Equity and Efficiency Principles in Distribution Systems: Lessons From Mailing COVID-19 Tests
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - May 31, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Funding Community Health Activities: An Experiment Comparing Health Foundation's Priorities to Those of Public Health Agencies, Hospitals, and Nonprofit Organizations
Conclusion: Cooperation in funding and implementation is essential to community health improvement, and major organizations could benefit from everyone clearly articulating their priorities. There are good reasons to intentionally foster both similarities and differences in priorities across organizations. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Results From a National Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Community Health Improvement Implementation: An Opportunity to Strengthen Public Health Systems Through Collective Action
Conclusions: Opportunity remains to improve implementation in MAPP. National leaders should explore and build capacity and infrastructure within public health agencies and with their partners to create a system of readiness and an infrastructure that support implementation over time. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Assessing Local Public Health Agency Alignment With Public Health 3.0: A Content Analysis of Illinois Community Health Improvement Plans
Conclusions: Our content analysis found opportunities to improve Illinois public health agencies' Public Health 3.0 capacities and capability. Findings are limited to this data source and definitions of the Public Health 3.0 attributes, leaving room for practice and research opportunities to develop operational definitions of Public Health 3.0; capacity building to improve the public health workforce readiness; and research and evaluation to measure improvements. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Centering Equity in Community Health Partnerships
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Getting Practical Source Type: research

Deflection to Harm Reduction: Public Health and Public Safety Collaborative Responses to the Overdose Epidemic in the United States
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: News From NACCHO Source Type: research

Supporting Success: ASTHO's Strategies for Reducing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: State of Public Health Source Type: research

Transitioning the Healthy Chicago Survey From a Telephone Mode to Self-administered by Mail Mode
Conclusions: The mail mode is a less costly data collection strategy for the HCS, but it comes with trade-offs. The quasi-random selection of an individual in the household exacerbates sociodemographic distribution disparities. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Telehealth for Contraceptive Care During the Initial Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic at Local Health Departments in 2 US States: A Mixed-Methods Approach
Conclusions: Implementation of telehealth for contraceptive services varied between state HD agencies in the early phase of the pandemic. Medicaid reimbursement policy and directives from HD agency leadership are key to telehealth service provision among HDs in centralized states. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Indoor Public Mask-Wearing Behavior Changes in Response to National, State, and Local COVID-19 Policies
Conclusions: Behavior encouraged by local mask requirements appeared to be resilient to changes in state policy. CDC recommendations appeared influential. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Is Tailoring of PrEP Programs Needed to Overcome Racial Disparities in PrEP Uptake in Local Health Departments? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of PrEP Implementation in Virginia
Conclusions: Incorporating a metric sensitive to racial/ethnic differences in the burden of HIV infection improved recognition of PrEP disparities; however, population-specific targets are needed to enhance use of the PnR for program evaluation. Tailoring of PrEP services to communities with the greatest local PrEP burden may be needed to optimize the effectiveness of PrEP programs in LHDs. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Utility of Poison Control Center Data for Automated Opioid Overdose Surveillance
Conclusion: PCC data are a timely and potentially useful source for automated surveillance of a subset of opioid overdose events, but additional structured and/or coded data are required. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Opioid-Prescribing Trends in San Diego County, 2008-2019
Conclusions: Opioid-prescribing trends in San Diego County from 2008 to 2019 are defined by 2 distinct periods. These trends may serve as an example of how local, state, and national efforts focusing on prescriber outreach, patient education, and regulatory oversight can address the impact of prescription opioids on the ongoing opioid epidemic. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 28, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research